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Philippines faces weather challenges in fight against virus
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/05/2020
» The Philippines’ fight against the coronavirus is likely to become more complicated with the onset of typhoon season, during which it typically has to evacuate tens of thousands of people from storm-hit areas.
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Vietnam’s biggest city facing extreme risk from floods by 2050
Bloomberg News, Published on 17/05/2020
» Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam’s biggest metropolis, faces an increasing risk of flood disasters given rapid infrastructure expansion driven by economic growth, according to McKinsey Global Institute.
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Vietnam culls 1.7m pigs as virus spreads to new areas
Bloomberg News, Published on 27/05/2019
» Vietnam culled more than 1.7 million pigs as African swine fever spread across the country, with officials warning the disease may penetrate sizable commercial farms next.
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Singapore train struck by lightning
Bloomberg News, Published on 20/11/2017
» SINGAPORE: The city-state’s beleaguered rail system can’t catch a break. Days after a software glitch caused a train collision that injured more than 30 people, lightning struck a train on the same line. Literally.
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Irma weakens after pummelling Miami
Bloomberg News, Published on 11/09/2017
» MIAMI -- Hurricane Irma converted streets into rivers, hammered Caribbean islands and the Florida Keys with deadly fury, and left about 3 million people without power and millions temporarily displaced.
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Sierra Leone mudslide death toll tops 400
Bloomberg News, Published on 16/08/2017
» FREETOWN - Rescue workers in Sierra Leone are searching for a second day for the survivors of a mudslide that killed at least 400 people in the capital, Freetown, while 600 others are still unaccounted for.
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Mumbai faces more rain after record downpour
Bloomberg News, Published on 30/08/2017
» MUMBAI -- India’s weather office forecast “heavy to very heavy” rainfall for parts of Mumbai a day after the nation’s commercial capital suffered the heaviest downpour since 2005.
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Cyclone Debbie slams into Australia, thousands evacuated
Bloomberg News, Published on 28/03/2017
» MELBOURNE/SYDNEY -- The strongest cyclone in six years smashed into the coast of the northern state of Queensland on Tuesday, forcing thousands of Australians to evacuate or seek emergency shelter and prompting some of the world’s biggest miners to halt coal operations.
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Japan slowly opens door to foreign maids
Business, Bloomberg News, Published on 09/01/2017
» In a Japanese-style apartment, Maria Del Bago learns how to properly bow, clean traditional tatami floor-matting and decipher instructions for a high-tech toilet.
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As El Niño exits, La Niña looms
Bloomberg News, Published on 23/05/2016
» BOSTON — Think of it as Mother Nature's roller-coaster ride: the shift between the weather patterns known as El Niño and La Niña that, at their worst, can cause havoc worldwide.
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